Sistema will offer
sat-nav services to BSNL via Russia’s
GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema), the second satellite
navigation system with global coverage after United States’ Global Positioning
System (GPS).
The deal will go on
very soon, as reported by The Hindu. BSNL will start a pilot soon after before
launching commercial services. BSNL, which offers many toll free customer
services of emergency services will bring police patrol monitoring, transport
monitoring, city bus fleet management and accident emergency response system.
It should be noted that
many smartphones including Apple iPhone, Sony and Nokia has GLONASS support
along with GPS. Recently NIS GLONASS has started a showroom in Mumbai to bring
commercial and social services. There are plans to make an accident and
emergency response system.
In case you are
interested India
space research wing ISRO is working on to launch similar sat nav system –
Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) by 2014. It will not
provide global coverage by that time and will be open for civilian and
authorised use.
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